25 Jan 2018 (Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina): This is a much hipper city than Santiago. Walking around, people are more attractive and better dressed. This cafe has swings for seats (wat?!), and there are references to American cities, especially NYC, everywhere. Are they referencing / alluding to NYC in an attempt to be more hip […]
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Day 19
24 Jan 2018 (Buenos Aires, Argentina): After going to a Perón-themed restaurant (tl;dr these people don’t fuck around when it comes to meat) we go to a NYC-subway-themed bar where Leah gets a Home-Alone-themed drink. Check out Leah’s instagram story for a video of us walking through the subway car (the entrance to the bar […]
Day 18
23 Jan 2018 (Santiago, Chile): On our last full day in the country, we finally manage to nail lunch: empanadas, street strawberries and avocado, and a dark chocolate alfajore-esque pastry. Six months ago, this is exactly the kind of meal I envisioned having for lunch on this trip: fresh, delicious, and cheap.
Day 17
22 Jan 2018 (Torres del Paine National Park, Chile): I screwed up and didn’t take any photos today; it was a get-from-one-place-to-another day anyway. So I’m going to take the liberty of posting one from the previous evening. We had dinner with four of our faves also staying at the same hotel. Marc and Vivian […]
Day 16
21 Jan 2018 (Torres del Paine National Park, Chile): We spend this whole day hiking to and from the base of the towers that give their name to the park (Torres del Paine). The photo obviously doesn’t do it justice, but it’s worth stating the obvious; the view at the top is majestic. It’s a […]
Day 15
20 Jan 2018 (Torres del Paine National Park, Chile): I mentioned the clouds, right? The really weird ones are called lenticular. They kinda look like they were painted onto the sky lazily. Like they’re half-drawn and missing all the texture. I dig it.